Seminars and events at the Museum
What's on
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Hunting down Quaternary mammals on Eastern Mediterranean islands: surveying Crete for seven years
A palaeontology departmental seminar
9 February 2012 16:00
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
Dr. George Iliopoulos, Department of Geology,
University of Patras. -
Evaluating the success of a large-scale citizen science project
A botanty departmental seminar
15 February 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
Lessons learnt and future potential
John Tweedle
Head of the Angela Marmont Centre for UK biodiversity.
NHM. -
The Sloane Herbarium
A botany departmental seminar
22 February 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
What is in there and what can we use it for?
Mark Spencer
Angela Marmont Centre for UK biodiversity, NHM. -
Global plant collector list demonstrator
A botany departmental seminar
29 February 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
Steve Cafferty
Department of Botany,
NHM -
Adapting agriculture to climate change
A botany departmental seminar
7 March 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
Collecting, protecting and preparing crop wild relatives.
Ruth Harker
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. -
Life in ice
A botany departmental seminar
21 March 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
David Pearce
British Antarctic Survey -
Phylogenetic and functional traits of monocots
A botany departmental seminar
28 March 2012 11:30
Neil Chalmers Seminar Room
Integration of information into monocot biodiversity conservation
Chris Mcowen
WCMC Cambridge
Seminar series on offer
The Natural History Museum hosts 3 series of specialist seminars aimed at collections management and research communities based within the Museum as well as externally.
Collections management seminars
Collections management seminars are organised by the Collections Management Committee. They present up-to-date information relating to the care and conservation of collections across the institution and within museums generally.
Research seminars
Research seminars are organised by the Research Committee. They provide
- expert views on current science
- a forum for discussion
- an opportunity to develop scientific networking and collaboration
Departmental seminars
Departmental seminars are organised by the botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology departments.
Invited speakers present their latest research. Speakers include visiting specialists, students, staff and scientific associates.
Find out more
Who can attend?
Discover who each specialist seminar series at the Museum is aimed at, and who can attend.
Coming to events
Find out about entry to events, how to get to them, accessibility, and the special arrangements for external visitors to departmental seminars.
Contacting event organisers
Get information about who to contact if you would like to propose a seminar or attend a seminar which is not held in the Flett Theatre.
Interested in giving a seminar?
For further information, please contact the relevant event organiser.
Other events and seminars
CEE seminars
The Museum is a partner of the Centre for Ecology and Evolution, which fosters collaboration between researchers in London working on evolution and ecology.
Visit the calendar of CEE seminarsOther Museum events
The events mentioned on this page are aimed at specialist audiences. Discover what's on for families and other visitors, including Nature Live talks by our scientists.